It Starts at the Top

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ASTD Staff

A grocery store chain realizes the beneficial impact of performance measurements on retention. More »

Culturally Accessible E-Learning: An Overdue Global Business Imperative

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Andrea Edmundson

Would you distribute the documentation for a new software product a year after the product had been released? Your first response is likely to be, "No, of course not." But in the world of workplace learning and performance, companies do it all the time. Global support f... More »

A New Era for Accessibility

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Paul Harris

Individuals who are blind or visually impaired can now listen to content as fresh as their morning newspaper in the world's most widely used "talking book" format. The new capability will soon benefit millions of people with visual impairments by enhancing their ability... More »

Human Potential Untangled

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Kevin J. Sensenig

Three generations of management theory have defined how organizations develop human potential. First, under the functional management approach, development was aimed at getting people to follow the standard processes established for each function. The assumption was tha... More »

Learning in a Down Economy

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Andrew Paradise

Every learning professional knows that the struggling global economy has caused considerable distress in the past year. Organizations have been forced to find ways to cut costs, with more pressure than ever. Have learning functions been targets or have they developed wa... More »